Applicator for dyes and lotions



NOV. 18, 1952 H, PEARSQN 2,618,275

APPLICATOR FOR DYES AND LOTIONS Filed May 9. 1949 wa yIbllllIiil/illa;

Patented Nov. 18, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE APPLIGA'IIOE FOR ores: AND? Lemons:

1 Helen Pearson, Santa Ana, cane np iieanenivny-s, Him-Serial; Nce92i165 I This'invention: relates. to. liquid; applicators and more particularly relates to an applicator for applying:v dyes. lotions and similar liquids to the human haiia.

With increased and more widely spre'ad use of beauty treatments, not only do more women seek the. aid of beauty parlors to improve their appearance, but an ever increasing number of women devote a large: amount of time tohome: treat-- ments, particularly with respect to treatment of their hair. Recent developments in home methods: of. waving'the hair have increased this tend-- ency', and have also increased the: attendant difficultiesand the necessity for. caution and skill. Particularly in the application of dyes and of wave-setting lotions. is it necessary to.- worlt with speediand. with an; even flow of liquid, in order that parts of the hair shall not dry prematurely or receive excessive or inadequate amounts of liquid. Furthermore, many of the liquids used: for" hair treatment are sufiicientiy caustic to. burn the The skilled. fingers or the beauty parlor operator have difficulty enough in manipulatingthe implements ofv the trade and thehair of the customer,. and the woman who; attempts treatment of her own hair has even more: dint-- culty; The prevalent practice of. using a tooth-- brush and: a: bottle is dangerous slow; and pro duces. uneven results not enhancing. to beauty;

It is accordingly an object of this invention: to provide an applicator which is rapid and freefiowing and yet easily controlled as to quantity, andwhich is safe to handle-.-

A further object of the inventionis to provide an applicator which combines in one instrument a reservoir for the liquid, a comb for separating ancljsrnoothing' the hair, and a brush for applying liquid from the reservoir to the hair.

Stillianothfl object of. the. invention is to pro videi an applicator in. which the flow of liauid is automatically cut off when the comb is use, and. in which reapplication: of the brush,- after a momentary use oi the comb; causes the liquid. to flow at full: capacity. 7

Other objects and advantages of my inventio will be specifically pointed out as the following description of preferred and modified embodiments'of the invention proceeds, or will be apparent from consideration of the accompanying drawing, illustrative of said embodiments, in which:'

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a preferred form of applicator embodying the principles oi my invention;

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view, taken from the left of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsectionali viem: taken-on -the plane of. section indicated by the line 3-3 lofFia- E: and."

t'is. a" fragmentary plan view showing:

Tia modiii'edlfbrnr oithe: handle; or? reservoir,. end

of the" applicators.

Referring. now to the; details of the: drawings; and having particular reference to the preferred embodiment illustrated in Figs; 1: to 3,. my improved. liquid applicator comprises a brushifi can- -.portion" 1: in tum comprises: av tubular contain-er j 8" which is adapted; to forma reservoir fonliquids such as hair dyes or lotions, a stopper 9% for the fcontainer; a. drip cup? Hi; and: a. comb H formed *orLthe-rim: of the drip: cup. The container BLmay:

1.; suitably be of transparent. plastic so. that; the i color and the. quantity'of; the liquid. contained therein are readily apparent; Both: for economy? of; manufacture and: for uniform. and pleasing appearance,. the other members at the body I may also: beef plastic; and I prefertahave these members;- which include: the: stopper 9;. drip cup 10; andic'ombs i: i, form'edt integrally as a unit'. Ob-

' viously the stopper 9 could be separate from. the

dripcup t0; and the. latter could. be integral with the container 8, butL one: of the objects of the invention is to obviate the:- neect of touching the:

jzper; drip cup and comb be separable from. the

-- container as a; unit: in which the brush. is. carried.

vAccordingly the bristles of the. brush 6,. which -.'may* also be. of: plastic}. are mounted; in the stop:-

T.,.-.per 9', where they are protected except for their:

"outer ends by the drip cup Hi. The comb. H thus- '.'serves as a handle: for. picking. up the. brush and stopper and: as a lever for setting or loosening T the stopper'i'n. the end. of the" container 8.

Theistopper 9' terms the base of the: dripcup on the outer periphery of the stopper. Between.-

I0, the latter being an outwardly flaringfian-ge the embedded clumps of bristles of the brush 8. the stopper 9 has a plurality of perforations l4,

--:."-.communicating between the container 8 and the. v

base of the brush. The perforations M are preferably of small diameter, large enough to permit liquid to flow through freely when the difference I of atmospheric and hydrostatic pressures at their ends permits such flow but not large enough to permit air bubbles to pass inwardly to the con- 'tainer 8 counter to an outward flow of liquid.

' the scalp.

The size of the perforations I4 is therefore such that when the applicator is tilted so that liquid in the container 8 covers all the perforations in the stopper 9, liquid will flow outwardly through the perforations until creation of a partial vacuum Within the container stops such outflow, and thereafter the applicator must be tilted in opposite inclination to uncover the perforations and to break the partial vacuum before outflow may resume.

To form the comb II, a segment of the rim of the drip cup is extended outwardly and inclined backward toward the container 8, its extended margin being there deeply serrated to form comb teeth I5. The angle between a line tangent to the comb teeth near their tips and the axis of the container 8 is less than ninety degrees, making it necessary to tilt the brush end of the applicator upwardly in order to point the comb teeth straight downwardly.

In the application of :dyes and lotions to the hair, the dry, untreated hair is usually held gathered by one hand of the person applying the liquid while the applicator is held in the other hand. Locks of hai are successively separated by the comb from the dry side of a part in the hair and are then brushed with the brush to impart liquid to them. The action of first combing and then brushing the hair requires that the applicator be first tilted to a position in which the erforations [4 are uncovered by the liquid in the container 8 breaking any partial vacuum existing in the container, while the comb teeth VI 5 point downwardly toward the scalp, and then 'be tilted to a position in which the brush 6 is pointed toward the scalp and the liquid flows toward the brush end of the container and through the perforations I4. An excessive flow of liquid will soon be stopped by the creation of a partial vacuum in the container, and excessive liquid on the brush will be caught and returned towards the container by the drip cup l0 when the tilt of the applicator is reversed. Th constant reversal of the tilt of the applicator prevents creation of such a partial vacuum that the brush will become dry.

In Fig. 4, I have illustrated a modification of my invention in which a comb I8 is disposed on the closed end of the container 8 with the comb teeth I9 pointed directly oppositely to the brush 6. The brush and the drip cup l0 (not shown in this view) may be the same as heretofore described, but the comb ll may be omitted from the periphery of the drip cup, the comb l8 substituting therefor. It will be seen that this modifled construction also necessitates reversal of the tilting of the applicator in order to point the brush and the. comb ,I8 alternately toward but is expressed Iclaim:

1. An applicator for applying liquids to the hair, comprising: an elongated container for said liquid, having an open end; a closure for said open end, having an opening for the escape of liquid from said container; a brush disposed to receive and to distribute liquid escaping through said opening and having its bristles aligned with the body of said container; and a comb having its teeth aligned transversely to the body of said container and directed rearwardly and divergently from the bristles of said brush .by an angle exceeding ninety degrees.

2. An applicator for applying liquids to the hair, comprising: a container for said liquid, having an open end; a stopper for said open end, having perforations for the escape of liquid from said container, said perforations being substantially co-axial with said stopper; a brush set in said stopper co-axially with said perforations; a drip "cup encircling said brush and integral with said stopper to form a handle therefor; and a comb having its teeth set at an obtuse angle to the normal direction of flow through said perforations s-o arranged that when the teeth of said comb are directed downwardly said perforations lead upwardly from said container.

3. In an applicator for applying liquids to the hair, comprising in combination an elongated handle including reservoir means, brush means on one end of said handle, passage means extending longitudinally of said applicator and communicatin with said reservoir means and said brush means, and toothed means for parting the hair to permit close approach of said brush means to the roots of the hair, the improvement which consists in: disposing said toothed means with the teeth thereof directed in the longitudinal direction of said passage means away from said one end of said handle, whereby tilting said toothed means downwardly requires tilting upwardly said passag means from said reservoir means to said brush means.

4. In an applicator for applying liquids to the hair as described in claim 3, the improved construction set forth in claim 3 and a drip-cup on said handle encircling said brush means, said toothed means being disposed on the rim of said dripcup.

' HELEN PEARSON.

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